Innovation Attorney, Litigation & IP

Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP•Any US Office, UNAVAILABLE

5d•Remote

About The Position

Orrick is seeking an Innovation Attorney to support the Firm’s innovation efforts in improving legal service delivery through people, process, and technology, with a specific focus on Litigation and IP business units. This role is part of the Innovation team and involves collaboration across offices, practice groups, and departments. The position reports to the Managing Director of Practice Innovation and works closely with leadership within the Litigation and IP business units. The role could be based in any U.S. office or be 100% remote within the U.S.

Requirements

Juris doctorate (J.D.) from an accredited university or college.
Admission to practice in good standing in a US jurisdiction.
Minimum of six (6) years of experience as a litigation or IP attorney in a large law firm.
Superior written and verbal communication skills with demonstrated ability to present complex ideas to attorneys, managers, clients, and the public in layman’s terms.
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization and/or specific direction exists.
Familiarity with best practices and technology to manage workflows, documents, and communications.
Understanding of the importance and relevance of knowledge management, practice and project management, and efficiency to help the firm meet its overall business plan.
Familiarity with and enthusiasm about legal technology, including opportunities to leverage AI and generative AI in legal services.
Excellent analytical, project management, prioritization, and organization skills.
Self-starter with the ability to work independently with good judgment, handle multiple tasks simultaneously, and quickly prioritize projects.
Ability to work collaboratively at all organizational levels.
Flexible team player with ability to approach problems with a sense of ownership, enthusiasm, and innovation.
Strong interpersonal and customer service skills, coupled with a positive outlook; public relations and diplomacy skills must be excellent.
Availability to travel as necessary.
Desire and ability to work beyond the position’s written duties and assist on other projects and initiatives, as needed.

Responsibilities

Lead and support efforts to optimize client service delivery and increase efficiencies across Litigation and IP business units.
Support, coordinate, and lead projects to streamline and improve the delivery of legal services, including understanding firm resources and technology, developing best practices, and driving teams to the 'right' resources.
Lead projects to digitalize the practice, including automation, data capture, and use of online resources.
Support the firm’s data strategy, including tracking matter data, monitoring usage of practice content and resources, and capturing experience data.
Serve as a one-on-one resource for practice resource questions and issues.
Support, coordinate, and lead projects to integrate technology, including generative AI, into the practice of law.
Vet, pilot, and support the onboarding of technology to support the legal practice.
Serve as product manager for select technology, including responsibility for rollout, promotion, adoption, communications, feedback gathering, vendor collaboration, and ROI measurement.
Drive the promotion, adoption, and utilization of legal technology, including generative AI, within the business units.
Identify, develop, promote, and train on generative AI use cases for the practice.
Serve as a one-on-one resource for lawyers on incorporating generative AI and other legal technology into their practice, including supporting training, troubleshooting, and ideation.
Serve as a supporting resource for new and existing large litigation docket teams on onboarding and design of matter management workflow, including intake, staffing, timekeeping, billing compliance, resource materials, collaboration, and client reporting.
Create tailored solutions (including dashboards), workflow automation, reporting, and budget tracking for litigation docket teams.
Identify and integrate appropriate resources, including Orrick Analytics, CaseStream, Team Support, and litigation technology.
Support, coordinate, and lead projects to develop and improve client-facing solutions, including designing and improving solutions for sharing matter metrics and data, capturing and leveraging matter/experience data, and designing platforms for collaboration with clients, local counsel, and third parties.
Develop and improve the use of practice content to streamline legal service delivery, including creating, maintaining, and automating knowledge libraries and databases for expert, mediator, arbitrator, and judicial experiences.
Identify relevant practice content in collaboration with the firm’s Research & Information team and integrate it into practice workflows.
Identify additional opportunities for practice content sharing, creation, and process improvements.
Regularly evaluate the efficient delivery of legal services through internal data, external benchmarking, and monitoring market trends to identify opportunities for improvement.
Educate lawyers and legal professionals on practice content, client-facing solutions, firm resources, technology, and other initiatives.
Communicate and consult with administrators, lawyers, paralegals, and staff on practice content, efficiency, client solutions, legal service initiatives, technology, and projects.
Develop and maintain case studies for marketing and business development, and develop and maintain portal pages and other resources for the business unit.